New Patient Registration

Colinton Medical Practice can only accept patients living within our practice boundary.

Unfortunately Colinton Medical Practice is declared ‘full’ which means that it is currently only able to register those new patients who are moving into the area, newborn to a family already registered, or asked to leave another Practice because you are outside that Practice’s boundary. If you are unclear whether you meet the criteria to register please enquire at Reception. Temporary Residents to the area can be treated by the surgery.

Documentation Required For Registration

If you are new to the area and wish to register with our practice please bring along the following documentation before 1700:

Proof of address and of identification (photographic).

You will be asked to show photographic proof of Identification (ideally this should be your passport if you possess one) and proof of address, for example a utility bill, (or, if you have just moved to the area, proof of house purchase or rental). If you are visiting from overseas you will need to show your passport and certain other documentation may be required dependent upon your country of origin , the Reception Team will advise on the specific requirements.

When registering you will also be asked to complete our New Patient Registration forms and a Questionnaire as these allows the doctor to familiarise him/herself with your medical history and healthcare needs.

You may download these forms via the links below BUT THESE MUST BE BROUGHT PERSONALLY INTO RECEPTION BEFORE YOU CAN REGISTER AS YOU ALSO NEED TO BRING PROOF OF ADDRESS (eg mortgage or rental agreement) AND ANSWER SOME RELEVANT QUESTIONS (please don’t send them in – there are questions the receptionist needs to ask and she needs to see the proof of address and identification).

Appointments and Medication After Registering

Appointments: Unfortunately we cannot register you and immediately give you an appointment as the registration process takes at least 24 hours. Therefore please allow 24 hours between registering and asking for your first appointment.

Medications: If you are on any medications on joining us, you will need to make an appointment with a GP once registered before any medication can be prescribed by our GPs.

Change of Details Form

Please ensure that you enter a mobile phone number and if you change your name, address or telephone number, please let us know. We will then update our records. Download our change of details form via the link below, complete and bring to the Medical Practice. Please bring this personally into Reception with proof of the change of details .

Change of Address

If you move house you must let us know. If you are moving to a new address within our practice area please come to the surgery to complete a Change of Address form. PLEASE BRING IN THIS PERSONALLY TO RECEPTION WITH PROOF OF THE NEW ADDRESS (eg mortgage/rental agreement).

If your new address is outside our practice you will have to register with a practice that covers your address. It is strongly advised that you do this quickly on moving home as we are unable to provide house calls and any other out of area service. For further advice on this appropriate Medical Practices for your address contact NHS Practitioner Services on 0131 275 7038.

Change of Name/Phone Number etc.

If you change any details please keep us informed in case we have to contact you for any reason. Just contact reception.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below.

Practice Boundary

The practice boundary for taking on new patients is as follows:

Northern & Eastern Boundary. The area to the south and west of the road boundary running from Craiglockhart Avenue in the north along Colinton Road, south to Colinton Mains Drive, Oxgangs Road North and Swanston Road to the east.

Western Boundary. Area to the east of the railway line from the north west corner of Baberton Golf Course in the south west to Craiglockhart Avenue to the north.

Southern Boundary. The area to the north of the northern margins of Pentland Hills to the south. Currie/Juniper Green boundary to the west.

Travelling to the Surgery

No 4 and 27 (leave bus at Firrhill junction with Oxgangs Road North and walk 0.8 mile along Colinton road past Redford Barracks and Merchiston Castle School or take a 10 or 45)

For bus times visit www.lothianbuses.com/

By Rail:

To Waverley Station (or Haymarket) and then take a taxi or LRT bus as detailed below.

By Road:

From the North or South take the Edinburgh City By-pass and exit at the Dreghorn Junction.

Follow the road (Dreghorn Link) across the first mini round-a-bout (petrol station on your left-hand side), to the next round-a-bout.

Turn left onto Redford Road. Follow this road to the end then turn right onto Colinton Road.

The Surgery entrance is almost opposite the road end. Turn first left into the Car Park.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.